Cops were seen manhandling Olympians…
New Delhi: On Monday, 29 May 2023, Delhi Police gave a statement, A Day after filing cases against protesting wrestlers, the DP said the protesters on Sunday broke the law after repeated requests.
After that, Delhi Police asked to vacate the protest site.
The sit-in protest by the elite grapplers was going on smoothly so far, they said.
"If the wrestlers apply for permission to stage a sit-in again in the future, they will be allowed at any of the suitable, notified places other than Jantar Mantar," the Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi, tweeted in Hindi.
Delhi police personnel were seen manhandling Olympians and Commonwealth Games champions in the national capital yesterday during their protest march to the new parliament.
Shocked social media users said it was ironic that PM Modi was inaugurating the new parliament building, calling it the temple of democracy, and just two km away, the police force was seen cracking down on the Country's top women athletes.
The wrestlers have been accused of rioting, unlawful assembly, and interrupting public servants from doing their duty.
All wrestlers participating in the protest, including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and Bajrang Punia, have been named in the case.
Videos from the location showed the champions being pushed, pinned down to the ground, and badly dragged into buses - triggering outrage across the Nation.
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